Identification and Characterization of a Peptidoglycan Hydrolase, MurA, of Listeria monocytogenes, a Muramidase Needed for Cell Separation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 6801-6808

  Carroll, Shannon A ^a   Hain, Torsten ^b   Technow, Ulrike ^b   Darji, Ayub ^b   Pashalidis, Philippos ^b   Josep, Sam W ^a   Chakraborty, Trinad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLASE; LYSOZYME; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN HYDROLASE; PROTEIN P66; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURFACE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MURAMIDASE; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROCOCCUS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0344393481     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.23.6801-6808.2003     Document Type: Article

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